Scots-born and Irish at heart, Stephen Hodd champions the raw, unfiltered power of live performance. Growing up in Ireland, he found his musical soul, honing his craft and embracing the belief that truth in music requires just three essentials: a pen, paper, and a guitar. These elements came together in his last album, Ode, capturing an irreplaceable moment in time where every breath, creak, and rise formed the heartbeat of a perfect take. His upcoming album, Somewhere in the Light, takes this ethos even further, recorded as an incredible live session at Chale Abbey Studios with Jon Thorne (LAMB, Yorkston, Thorne & Khan) on double bass, Danny Keane (Scott Matthews, Bat for Lashes) on cello, Rhodes, and piano, and Chris Jones (Plastic Mermaids) on drums. In the live studio environment, with such phenomenal players, the songs took on monumental journeys, each word and line dripping with pure emotional charge.